You'll get the "not true Christianity", similar to the "not real Communism" rebuttal.
There is some truth to the idea that a lot of denominations aren't practicing "real Christianity". But it's a big problem that many of those denominations are subverted. The problem is too many followers misinterpret sections of the Bible as pacifism, or just skip over some of Jesus' more violent moments/sayings. The bulk of the religion functioning as an organized one is what doomed it to its current state. Protestants and their descendant sects can grumble all they want, but some of them are part of the issue too.
The weakling types need a reckoning or awakening, but beware of their opposite extreme, that think the solution is to start purging non-believers and make religion law.
Christianity just like Islam demands to be your first priority in life. That is the nature of organised monotheistic religions. And that's precisely the problem. The health and success of your own people, your family need to be your first priority and not some deity.
Makes you wonder what things would be like today, if all the time, energy, money, and devotion wasted on a dead Jewish cult leader was instead spent on preserving our people and way of life.
Depends. Rome is a good example for what you could achieve but they fell into the master/slave trap that ultimately led to the collapse of their empire.
You'll get the "not true Christianity", similar to the "not real Communism" rebuttal.
There is some truth to the idea that a lot of denominations aren't practicing "real Christianity". But it's a big problem that many of those denominations are subverted. The problem is too many followers misinterpret sections of the Bible as pacifism, or just skip over some of Jesus' more violent moments/sayings. The bulk of the religion functioning as an organized one is what doomed it to its current state. Protestants and their descendant sects can grumble all they want, but some of them are part of the issue too.
The weakling types need a reckoning or awakening, but beware of their opposite extreme, that think the solution is to start purging non-believers and make religion law.
Christianity just like Islam demands to be your first priority in life. That is the nature of organised monotheistic religions. And that's precisely the problem. The health and success of your own people, your family need to be your first priority and not some deity.
Makes you wonder what things would be like today, if all the time, energy, money, and devotion wasted on a dead Jewish cult leader was instead spent on preserving our people and way of life.
Depends. Rome is a good example for what you could achieve but they fell into the master/slave trap that ultimately led to the collapse of their empire.